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Friday, September 11, 2015

Floyd Mayweather Accused Of Taking Steroids Before His Win Against Manny Pacquiao

Manny
Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather after historic May 2, 2015 fight

The world’s richest boxer, Floyd Mayweather, is seeing his
name take a battering, after the top rated American sports
network and website ESPN released a report that he had an
illegal IV, banned under World Anti-Doping Agency rules, before
his May 2, 2015 fight against his number one rival, Manny
Pacquiao. Mayweather then received an exemption from the USADA
(US anti-doping) weeks after the fight on May 21, 2015. However,
the Nevada State Athletic Commission is angry stating USADA did
not have the authority to give Mayweather the wavier.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny
Pacquiao

The report indicates the IV Mayweather was given right before
the fight and anti-doping arriving at his house in Las Vegas to
test him for steroids, contained saline and vitamins. However,
the Nevada Athletics Commission has plainly indicated,
Mayweather and other athletes are banned from taking IVs in this
manner and his dosage far exceeded the amount of fluid allowed
under existing rules. This rule is in effect as excessive
amounts of saline flush out steroids from the system. The limit
is 50 milliliters. Mayweather was given an IV containing a
whopping 750 milliliters.

Andre Berto and Floyd Mayweather

Mayweather, who formerly accused Manny Pacquiao of using
steroids, was sued by the Filipino star and settled with him out
of court, states he did nothing wrong in using the IV before the
May 2, 2015 fight. Ironically, Pacquiao was denied the use of
the painkiller Toradol before the Mayweather fight regarding the
torn rotator cuff he sustained in training camp, which is a very
painful injury that hampers the use of one’s arm due to shocking
and jarring pain. Pacquiao underwent surgery to repair the torn
rotator cuff and has been wearing a cast while the injury heals.

STORY SOURCE

Floyd Mayweather, USADA deny
rules violations prior to Pacquaio fight

17h - LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather strongly denied Thursday
any wrongdoing related to his receiving an intravenous injection
mix of saline and vitamins -- banned under World Anti-Doping
Agency guidelines -- on the eve of his record-breaking fight
with Manny Pacquiao on May 2. The United States Anti-Doping
Agency on Thursday also disputed that Mayweather violated any
rules, saying the boxer applied for and was granted an exemption
for the infusion...

Mayweather's IV usage, reported Wednesday by SB Nation, was
allowed by USADA despite it being against the very WADA rules
that USADA claims to follow. The contract that Mayweather and
Pacquiao signed with USADA to cover the drug testing protocol
for the bout allowed for therapeutic use exemptions, but USADA
issued Mayweather's exemption for the IV use three weeks after
the fight, which is unusual.

In addition, USADA did not notify the Nevada State Athletic
Commission, the regulatory agency overseeing the fight, or
Pacquiao's team until after it was granted well after the fight,
something NSAC executive director Bob Bennett took major issue
with. Bennett said only the commission can grant a therapeutic
use exemption (TUE) to an athlete, not a drug testing body such
as USADA...

Mayweather's medical team told the USADA collection agents
that the IV -- which reportedly included a mixture of 250
milliliters of saline and multivitamins and a 500-milliliter
mixture of saline and Vitamin C -- was being given to Mayweather
for rehydration purposes following the weigh-in.

The fact that they were given intravenously was not allowed,
according to WADA rules that state intravenous infusions or
injections of more than 50 milliliters per six hours are
prohibited "except for those legitimately received in the course
of hospital admissions, surgical procedures, or clinical
investigations." WADA bans such large injections and infusions
because they can be used to "dilute or mask the presence of
another substance."...